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BiographyNosipho Dastile
… Africa after the institutionalisation of apartheid in 1948 , Dastile started to become politically active and was … as a proud servant of her community. She…
BiographyStephen Bernard Lee
… involvement in the display of a banner reading ‘The ANC lives’ from the seventh floor of a Cape Town building. He was found guilty on the main count and…
ArchiveA Place In The City - The Rand On The Eve Of Apartheid by Luli Callinicos
… to gold-propped ears When the National Party won the 1948 election, white liberals were horrified. They saw the … National Congress President, Dr Xuma, spoke…
BiographyProfessor Carel Boshoff
… Carel Boshoff was born on 9 November 1927, a second child from the second marriage of his father. He spent his early life on a cattle farm in the Waterberg…
Comments and Observations on Proposals for a United Nations Security Council Resolution on Apartheid by O. R. Tambo, 1963
… African States for the purpose of discussing and deciding on the question of apartheid in the light of the current … which gave expression to what has been…
BiographyKippie Jeremiah Moeketsi
… Moeketsi was born on 27 July 1925. As a young boy, he watched and listened to … Kippie died like a pauper in 1983. However, his name still lives on, through…
BiographyDirk Johannes Coetzee
… he grew up in the Northern Cape. Coetzee and Generals Jan Viktor and Jac Buchner started Vlakplaas, a farm 20km … in Swaziland,Botswana and Lesotho.Coetzee…
BiographyNkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
… Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was born on 27 January 1949. She received her secondary education at … Dlamini-Zuma achieved this by ‘ [b]uilding her success on the…
BiographyAllison Wessels George Champion
… Allison George Champion was born on 4 December 1893 at Sans Souci School near the mouth of the … Natal, in 1915. From 1917 to 1925 was engaged as clerk on…
Dorothy Hazel Alexander
… Dorothy Alexander was born on 7 August 1938 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape , the … in Germany in 1961, they both began to attend lectures on…
Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts travel from Pretoria to Johannesburg to mediate in the first miners’ strike.
… Generals Louis Botha and Jan Smuts travel from Pretoria to Johannesburg to mediate in …
Fallen Walls: Prisoners of Conscience in South Africa and Czechoslovakia by Jan Karel Coetzee, Lynda Gilfillan, Otakar Hulec
… of Conscience in South Africa and Czechoslovakia by Jan Karel Coetzee, Lynda Gilfillan, Otakar Hulec …
At request of Pres. T.F. Burgers, J.F. (Jan Volkstem) Celliers publishes a pro-government newspaper, De Volksstem, in Pretoria
… At request of Pres. T.F. Burgers, J.F. (Jan Volkstem) Celliers publishes a pro-government newspaper, …
Johannes Hendrikus (Jan) Stander, champion of Afrikaans, deputy director of education in Natal, founder of the Afrikaner Club a
… Johannes Hendrikus (Jan) Stander, champion of Afrikaans, deputy director of …
Jan Egeland, the United Nations’ relief co-ordinator, announces in Geneva that conflict and preventable disease have triggered
… Jan Egeland, the United Nations’ relief co-ordinator, …
Jan Christoffel Berrangé, Cape clergyman and first moderator of the Dutch Reformed Synod, is born in Cape Town.
… Jan Christoffel Berrangé, Cape clergyman and first moderator …
Anglo-Boer War 2: British General Sir Ian Hamilton attends General Jan Christiaan Smuts’ birthday party: "I sat between Bo
… War 2: British General Sir Ian Hamilton attends General Jan Christiaan Smuts’ birthday party: "I sat between Bo …
Dr. Jan Steytler, leader of the Progressive Party, launches a nationwide protest campaign against the General Laws Amendment Bill
… Dr. Jan Steytler, leader of the Progressive Party, launches a …
Jan van Riebeeck establishes the Burgher Militia a few days before the Hottentot (Khoi-Khoi) rising at the Cape.
… Jan van Riebeeck establishes the Burgher Militia a few days …
Jan van Riebeeck urged by the Vryburgers (Free Burghers), starts peace negotiations with the Kaapmans (Khoi-Khoi group).
… Jan van Riebeeck urged by the Vryburgers (Free Burghers), …
General Jan Smuts, SA premier, makes a notable speech to members of the British parliament, suggesting that the responsibility
… General Jan Smuts, SA premier, makes a notable speech to members of …
BiographyMargaret Gazo
… Margaret Gazo was born on 1 January 1918. She was one of the organisers of the … one voice that day as they marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956…
BiographyNithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
… Nithianandan Ganese Govender (Elvis) was born on 1 November 1958 in Esperanza, a village on the south coast … he won a large number of trophies. He had an…
BiographySylvester Stein
… Sylvester Stein was born on 25 December in 1920 in Cape Town, and was brought up in … as political editor for the Rand Daily Mail , Stein took on the…
EventFinal legal note on the SS Mendi
… A brief report appeared on the 13th of November in the Times, which was the last of … Mendi troopship, from which 616 South Africans lost their lives. The…
Tribute: On the occasion of a memorial for John Harris (1937 - 1965)
… Tribute: On the occasion of a memorial for John Harris (1937 - 1965) …
Statement by President Mandela on receiving the report of the TRC
… Statement by President Mandela on receiving the report of the TRC …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal
… Address by President Nelson Mandela on Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal …
Address by President Nelson Mandela on being awarded an honorary doctorate
… Address by President Nelson Mandela on being awarded an honorary doctorate …
Speech on Receiving an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Leiden
… Speech on Receiving an Honorary Doctorate from the University of …